Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-01
MERE METNION.

The first of April.
Z The single mill started up this
week.
Mr.. John Miller, of Seattle, has been
in the city, this week.
The steamer Fleetwood made spe-
cial trip, last Monday.
\ Don't forget the DeMoss family con-
cert tomorrow evening.
The heaviest rain storm of the sea-
son prevailed last night.
Another large boom of logs is now
being filled on the Eastside.
The tug Biz took large boom OF
logs from the Eastside to-day.
The weather the past week has been
an alienation of sunlight and shadow.
Mondays train was four hours late,
caused by detention on the Northern
Pacific.
The steamer Zephyr, brought up
the San Francisco freight, Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. w. E. Anderson is expected to
arrive this week, to resume her resi-
dence here.
Mr.. F. Hoffman has built an avn.
ing in front of his store building on
2 the Eastside.
The sensation of the day will be the
I'd "grand opening" at the New York
Cash Store next week.
Mr.. DC. Beatty, having rented his
farm, moved into town, this week, and
is now living in his house on the East
side.
The price of logs is now cay up, and
IS per thousand have been offered for
immediate delivery, without accept.
ance.
The steamer Fleetwood brought up
a bakers dozen of immigrants, last
Sunday evening. They hail from In
diana.
The Youths Brass Band propose
giving public ball in Columbia Hall,
on the evening of Monday, the 18th
instant.
Rhubarb has appeared in our mar
kets, and visions of the procession of
Spring appetisers have began to " ma
terialize."
Messrs. Allen & Hardness have put
up a new building on their premises,
to be used for storing manufactured
building material.
The White House" supplies have
already began to arrive. 10 has al
ready begun to make his presence felt
At the Bay City.
The steamer Fanny Lake took on
board to-day, large load of pipe, for
Snohomish City, from the Puget
Sound Pipe Factory, on Eastside.
Mr.. Grimm has put force at work
preparing the brick yard for several
large kilns. Brick-making will begin
soon as thaiweatlierwill permit such
work to be done.
DR.. Cavanaugh left for his former
home, Springfield, H., last Tuesday
morning. His son Thos. H. Cavan-
augh, of the Partisan, accompanied
his father to Portland.
There being. Eva Wednesdays in
March, an interval Of three weeks &C.
ours between the last and next meet
ing of the City Council, and there will,
therefore, be no session till the evening
Of the 18th.
A burning chimney in the house
lately occupied by Mrs. N. M. Robin
son, on Fourth street, caused an alarm
Of FIRE Monday. The fremen respond.
cd promptly, but their services were
happily not required.
Messrs. Jos. Robinson, Francis Hen.
ry, Geo. F. Convey and Chas. H. Aver
have been appointed committee on
behalf of the local bar, to meet Judge
Allyn in Portland or Vancouver, and
welcome him to his district. They
viii 60 over to Portland by to-morrow's
train.
The attention of our readers is d.
rected to the advertisement of the
California Nursery Company, of Niles,
California, John Rock Manager, which
has attained an enviable reputation all
over the coast for the fine and reliable
variety of their trees. Send for their
catalogue, if you are in need of any
thing in that line.
The people will breath freer when
they learn that poor old Uncle Tom
Will not have to suffer from the stripes
ola Demon Lagree, and that Little
Eva will not be compelled to go to
heaven amid red fire. next Monday
night, as has been announced. Thea.
ter managers have learned that while
i Olympia audiences may not be large
they are critically aesthetic. T..
A gentlemen who has made tour
t the Sound says there is much blus.
~ in the professions of several large
sized towns on Puget Sound, and that
he would rather take his chances in
Olympia than any other place in West
ern Washington. He furthermore
generously offers his head for foot
ball, if his judgment is not verified
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